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Circular  Relating  to 

Enrollments  in  the  Naval  Reserve 
Flying  Corps 

United  States  Naval  Reserve  Force 

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WASHINGTON 

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1916 


Circular  Relating  to 

Enrollments  in  the  Naval  Reserve 
Flying  Corps 

United  States  Naval  Reserve  Force 


WASHINGTON 

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1916 


CIRCULAR  RELATING  TO  ENROLLMENTS  IN  THE 
NAVAL  RESERVE  FLYING  CORPS 


CLASS  5. 

NAVAL  RESERVE  FLYING  CORPS. 

1.  ELIGIBILITY. 

The  following  citizens  of  the  United  States  shall  be  eligible 
for  membership  in  the  Naval  Reserve  Flying  Corps. 

(a)  Officers  and  student  flyers  who  have  been  transferred 
from  the  Naval  Flying  Corps  to  the  Naval  Reserve  Flying  Corps. 

( & )  Enlisted  men  of  the  Naval  Flying  Corps  transferred  under 
the  same  condition  as  enlisted  men  of  the  Navy  are  transferred 
to  the  Fleet  Naval  Reserve. 

(c)  Surplus  graduates  of  the  aeronautic  school  may  be  com- 
missioned as  ensigns  in  the  Naval  Reserve  Flying  Corps  and 
promoted  therein  under  such  regulations  as  may  be  prescribed 
by  the  President. 

(d)  Civilians  skilled  in  the  flying  of  aircraft,  or  in  their  de- 
sign, building,  or  operation,  shall  be.  eligible  for  membership  in 
the  Naval  Reserve  Flying  Corps,  United  States  Naval  Reserve 
Force. 

(e)  Other  members  of  the  Naval  Reserve  Force  may  be  trans- 
ferred to  the  Naval  Reserve  Flying  Corps  upon  qualification 
for  aviation  duties. 

Class  5   (a). — Officers;  provisional. 

(a)  Must  furnish  satisfactory  evidence  as  to  character,  abil- 
ity, and  citizenship. 

(6)  Must  qualify  professionally  for  a  provisional  rank  before 
the  commandant  or  an  officer  designated  by 'the  commandant 
for  that  purpose  and  physically  before  a  medical  officer  of  the 
Navy. 

Class  5   (6). — Officers;  confirmed. 

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(a)  Former  officers  of  the  Naval  Flying  Corps  who  have  left 
the  service  under  honorable  conditions  or  officers  who  may  be 
transferred  to  the  Naval  Reserve  Flying  Corps  from  the  Naval 
Flying  Corps ;  provisional  appointment  not  necessary. 

(&)  Surplus  graduates  of  the  aeronautic  school  may  be  com- 
missioned as  ensigns  in  the  Naval  Reserve  Flying  Corps;  pro- 
visional appointment  not  necessary. 

(c)  After  three  months'  active  service  an  officer  may  be  con- 
firmed in  his  provisional  rank  by  qualifying  professionally  be- 
fore a  board  of  three  officers  not  below  the  rank  of  lieutenant 
commander  and  physically  before  a  board  of  two  medical  officers 
of  the  Navy. 

Class  5  (c). — Men;  provisional. 

(a)  Must  furnish  satisfactory  evidence  as  to  character, 
ability,  and  citizenship. 

(&)  Must  qualify  professionally  for  a  provisional  rating  be- 
fore an  officer  designated  by  the  commandant  and  physically 
before  a  medical  officer  of  the  Navy. 

Class  5  (d). — Men;  confirmed. 

(a)  Men  who  have  been  honorably  discharged  from  the  Naval 
Flying  Corps  after  one  or  more  four-year  terms  of  enlistment 
in  the  Navy  or  after  a  term  of  enlistment  during  minority. 
No  provisional  rating  required  for  this  class. 

(&)  After  three  months'  active  service  a  member  may  be 
confirmed  in  his  provisional  rating  by  qualifying  before  an 
officer  designated  by  the  commandant  for  that  purpose. 

Class  5  (e). — Members  of  this  class  do  not  enroll  and  are  not 
discharged,  but  are  transferred  from  the  regular  Naval  Flying 
Corps  to  the  Naval  Reserve  Flying  Corps  in  the  same  manner 
as  men  transferred  to  the  Fleet  Naval  Reserve.  Their  status 
corresponds  more  closely  to  those  on  the  retired  list.  Any 
enlisted  man  of  the  Naval  Flying  Corps  with  16  years'  naval 
service  may,  on  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy, 
upon  voluntary  application  on  the  expiration  of  his  enlistment, 
if  entitled  to  an  honorable  discharge,  be  transferred  to  the 
Naval  Reserve  Flying  Corps  in  the  rating  in  which  then  serving. 

Class  5  (/). — 'Any  enlisted  man  in  the  Naval  Flying  Corps 
with  20  or  more  years'  naval  service  may  be  authorized  by  the 
Secretary  of  the  Navy,  in  his  discretion,  to  be  transferred  to  the 
Naval  Reserve  Flying  Corps  in  the  same  manner  as  in  the  pre- 


vious  case,  except  that  the  transfer  may  be  made  at  any  time 
during  the  man's  current  enlistment. 

2.  PAY  OF  THE  NAVAL  RESERVE  FLYING  COBPS. 

Class  5  (a). — Officers;  provisional. 

Annual  retainer  pay,  $12. 
(&). — Officers;  confirmed. 

Annual  retainer  pay,  two  months'  base 
pay  of  the  corresponding  rank  or  grade 
in  the  Navy. 

Class  5  (c). — Men;  provisional. 

Annual  retainer  pay,  $12. 

Class  5  (d). —  (a  and  6)  Two  months'  base  pay  of  the  corre- 
sponding rate  in  the  Navy. 

Class  5  (e). — One-third  of  the  base  pay  they  were  receiving 
at  the  date  of  transfer,  plus  all  permanent  additions  thereto. 

Class  5  (/). — One-half  of  the  base  pay  they  were  receiving  at 
the  date  of  transfer,  plus  all  permanent  additions  thereto. 

NOTES. —  (a)  Members  of  the  Volunteer  Naval  Reserve  en- 
rolled for  the  Naval  Reserve  Flying  Corps,  or  for  any  other 
class  of  the  Naval  Reserve  Force  for  which  qualified,  receive 
no  retainer  pay  or  uniform  gratuity  in  time  of  peace.  When 
on  active  duty  they  receive  the  active-service  pay  of  their  rank 
or  rating.  The  only  distinction  between  a  Naval  Reserve  Fly- 
ing Corps  Reservist  and  a  Volunteer  Naval  Reservist  enrolled 
for  duty  in  the  Naval  Reserve  Flying  Corps  is  the  one  of  re- 
tainer pay  and  uniform  gratuity  in  time  of  peace. 

(&)  Members  of  the  Naval  Reserve  Flying  Corps  who  enroll 
for  a  term  of  four  years  within  four  months  from  the  date  of 
termination  of  their  last  term  of  enrollment  and  who  shall  have 
performed  the  minimum  amount  of  active  service  required 
during  preceding  term  of  enrollment  shall,  for  each  enrollment, 
receive  an  increase  of  25  per  cent  of  their  base  retainer  pay. 
(Base  retainer  pay  is  two  months'  base  pay  of  the  correspond- 
ing rank  or  rating  in  which  serving.) 

(c)  When  actively  employed,  either  under  provisional  or  con- 
firmed rank  or  rating,  the  pay  of  officers  and  men  in  the  Naval 
Reserve  Flying  Corps  shall  be  the  same  as  the  pay  of  officers 
and  men  in  the  Naval  Flying  Corps  on  active  duty  of  cor- 
responding rank  or  rating  and  of  the  same  length  of  naval 
service. 


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(d)  The  retainer  pay  is  in  addition  to  the  active-service  pay. 

(e)  Officers  and  men  of  the  Naval  Reserve  Flying  Corps  will 
have  their   retainer  pay   accounts   carried  by   the  Disbursing 
Officer,  Bureau  of  Supplies  and  Accounts,  Navy  Department, 
Washington,  D.  C.,  and  will  be  paid  quarterly  by  check. 

(/)  Upon  first  reporting  for  active  duty  for  training,  officers 
receive  a  uniform  gratuity  of  $50;  men,  $30.  This  uniform 
gratuity  is  given  for  each  enrollment.  Upon  reporting  for 
active  service  in  time  of  war  or  national  emergency  the  uniform 
gratuity  is  $150  for  officers  and  $60  for  men,  less  any  previous 
uniform  gratuity  credited  during  the  current  enrollment. 
Should  a  member  sever -his  connection  with  the  service  without 
compulsion  on  the  part  of  the  Government  before  the  expiration 
of  his  term  of  enrollment  the  amount  so  credited  shall  be  de- 
ducted from  any  money  that  may  be  or  may  become  due  him. 

(g)  Members  who  shall  have  completed  20  years  of  service 
in  the  Naval  Reserve  Force,  and  who  shall  have  performed  the 
minimum  amount  of  active  service  required  in  their  class  for 
maintaining  efficiency  during  each  term  of  enrollment,  shall, 
upon  their  own  application,  be  retired  with  the  rank  or  rating 
held  by  them  at  the  time,  and  shall  receive  in  lieu  of  any  pay 
a  cash  gratuity  equal  to  the  total  amount  of  their  retainer 
pay  during  the  last  term  of  enrollment. 

(h)  Pay  penalties  are  given  under  paragraph  3. 

3.  DUTIES  AND  REQUIREMENTS  OF  THE  NAVAL  RESERVE  FLYING 

CORPS. 

(a)  Three  months'  active  duty  each  enrollment.  This  does 
not  apply  to  class  5  (e)  and  class  5  (/). 

The  Secretary  of  the  Navy  is  authorized  to  assign  officers  and 
men  to  active  duty  on  application.  This  also  applies  to  men  of 
class  5  (e)  and  class  5  (/). 

This  service  may  be  taken  in  one  or  more  periods  of  not  less 
than  three  weeks. 

Penalty  for  noncompliance. — If  a  member  fails  to  perform 
three  months'  active  service  during  an  enrollment,  he  shall  on 
reenrollment  receive  a  retainer  pay  at  the  rate  of  $12  per  year 
until  such  time  as  he  shall  have  completed  the  three  months' 
active  service  during  current  enrollment. 

(&)  Enrolled  members  of  the  Naval  Reserve  Force  shall  be 
subject  to  the  laws  and  regulations  for  the  government  of  the 


Navy  only  during  such  time  as  they  may  by  law  be  required  to 
serve  in  the  Navy,  in  accordance  with  their  obligations,  and 
when  on  active  service  at  their  own  request,  as  herein  provided, 
and  when  employed  in  authorized  travel  to  and  from  such 
active  service  in  the  Navy. 

(c)  Make  such  reports  concerning  movements  and  occupations 
as  may  be  required. 

Penalty  for  noncompliance. — Retainer  pay  may  be  forfeited. 

(d)  An  officer  or  man  of  the  Naval  Reserve  Flying  Corps  shall 
not  be  an  officer  or  enlisted  man  in  any  branch  of  the  military 
service  of  the  United  States  or  any  State  thereof,  but  may 
accept  employment  in  any  other  branch  of  the  public  service. 

4.  ENROLLMENTS,  TRANSFERS,  APPOINTMENTS,  PAY  ACCOUNTS, 
DISCIPLINE,  ORDERS  TO  ACTIVE  SERVICE,  UNIFORM,  DISCHARGES, 
RECORDS  OF  THE  NAVAL  RESERVE  FLYING  CORPS. 

ENROLLMENTS. 

(a)  Officers  designated  by  the  commandant  of  the  naval  dis- 
trict shall  enroll  men  who  are  eligible  under  the  rules  given. 
Enrollments  shall  be  for  a  period  of  four  years. 

( & )  Every  officer  enrolling  a  man  in  the  Naval  Reserve  Flying 
Corps  shall — 

(1)  Explain  to  the  man  that  the  commandant  of  the  naval 

district  is  the  man's  commanding  officer. 

(2)  Explain  that  all  requests  shall  be  made  to  the  com- 

mandant either  by  letter  or  in  person. 

(3)  Explain  that  any  change  in  address  must  be  promptly 

reported  to  the  commandant  and  disbursing  officer, 
Bureau  of  Supplies  and  Accounts,  Navy  Department, 
Washington,  D.  C. 

(4)  Make  out  and  forward  account  cards  in  triplicate  to 

the  disbursing  officer. 

(c)  To  be  given  a  provisional  rating  a  man  must  have  the 
technical  knowledge  of  the  corresponding  rating  in  the  Naval 
Flying  Corps;  to  be  confirmed  in  a  provisional  rating  a  man 
must,  in  addition,  have  a  fair  knowledge  of  naval  discipline 
and  customs;  to  be  advanced  in  rating  a  man  must  have  the 
technical  knowledge  of  the  corresponding  rating  in  the  Naval 
Flying  Corps,  and  a  good  knowledge  of  naval  customs  and 
methods. 


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(d)  After  a  man  is  confirmed  in  his  rating  he  receives  retainer 
pay  of  class  5  (d).    In  case  he  does  not  perform  the  minimum 
active  service  required  in  an  enrollment,  upon  reenrollment  he 
shall  receive  the  pay  of  class  5  (c)  until  such  time  as  he  shall 
have  completed  three  months'  active  service. 

TBANSFEES. 

(e)  Officers  and  student  flyers  may,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Secretary  of  the  Navy,  be  transferred  from  the  Naval  Flying 
Corps  to  the  Naval  Reserve  Flying  Corps. 

APPOINTMENTS. 

(/)  Former  officers  of  the  Naval  Flying  Corps  or  graduates 
of  aeronautical  schools  may  make  application  for  enrollment 
to  the  Bureau  of  Navigation,  stating  briefly  his  Naval  and 
Naval  Flying  Corps  service.  The  procedure  is  as  follows : 

(1)  Applicant  applies  to  the  Bureau  of  Navigation  for  en- 

rollment. 

(2)  If  the  application  is  approved,  the  bureau  authorizes 

the  applicant  to  report  for  medical  examination. 

(3)  If  physically  qualified,  appointment  is  issued  to  grade 

or  rank  last  held  in  the  Navy.  Appointment  is  for 
four  years. 

(4)  Bureau  of  Navigation  forwards  appointment  with  let- 

ter of  transmittal  and  blank  form  "Acceptance  of 
office  and  oath  of  allegiance." 

(5)  Form  is  returned  to  the  Bureau  of  Navigation  prop- 

erly accomplished.  Pay  and  allowance  and  eligibility 
for  service  begin  from  date  of  acceptance. 

(6)  Orders  issued  to  report  by  letter  to  commandant  of 

naval  district. 

(7)  Officers  are  detailed  for  active  service  upon  their  own 

request,  orders  for  such  being  issued  either  by  the 
Bureau  of  Navigation  or  the  commandant  of  naval 
district. 

(#)  An  enrolled  man  eligible  for  appointment  to  a  provisional 
rank  or  grade  may  be  examined  professionally  by  the  com- 
mandant or  an  officer  designated  by  the  commandant  for  that 
purpose  and  examined  physically  before  a  medical  officer  of  the 
Navy.  The  physical  requirements  shall  be  the  same  as  for 
officers  of  the  Naval  Flying  Corps. 


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(ft)  A  civilian  eligible  for  appointment  to  a  provisional  rank 
or  grade  may  likewise  be  examined. 

(t)  The  commandant  shall  make  recommendation  to  the 
Bureau  of  Navigation  for  appointment  to  provisional  rank  or 
grade.  Appointments  are  issued  by  the  Bureau  of  Navigation, 
and  upon  receipt  of  "Acceptance  and  oath  of  office  "  the  Bureau 
of  Navigation  will  issue  orders  to  officers  to  report  by  letter  to 
commandant  of  the  naval  district. 

(/)  Officers  must  complete  not  less  than  three  months'  active 
service  in  a  provisional  rank  or  grade  to  become  eligible  for 
confirmation.  The  commandant  is  authorized  to  order  such 
eligible  officers  as  have  been  satisfactory  in  their  provisional 
appointment  to  appear  before  a  board  of  two  medical  officers 
for  physical  examination,  and  before  a  board  of  three  naval 
officers  not  below  the  rank  of  lieutenant  commander,  for  pro- 
fessional examination  for  confirmation  of  provisional  appoint- 
ment. The  boards  shall  conduct  examinations  in  accordance 
with  the  department's  precepts  of  October  16,  1916,  and  subse- 
quent modifications  which  have  been  furnished  the  commandants 
in  blank.  Upon  the  receipt  of  records  of  examination  in  the 
department  the  commandant  and  candidates  will  be  notified  of 
the  department's  action  thereon.  The  commandant  is  authorized 
to  appoint  supervisory  boards  in  special  cases  when  it  is  deemed 
impracticable  for  the  candidate  to  appear  before  the  regular 
boards  above  named. 

(7c)  For  appointment  to  a  provisional  rank  the  technical 
requirements  shall  be  the  same  as  those  for  an  officer  in  the 
Naval  Flying  Corps. 

(I)  An  officer  to  be  confined  must  have,  in  addition  to  the 
knowledge  required  for  provisional  appointment,  a  general 
knowledge  of  the  customs  and  discipline  of  the  service  and  a 
good  knowledge  of  the  tactics  of  the  Naval  Flying  Corps. 

PAY  ACCOUNTS. 

(m)  Account  cards  are  made  out  in  triplicate  by  the  com- 
mandants  of  naval  districts,  as  follows: 

(1)  Upon  enrolling  or  reenrolling  a  man  in  the  Naval  Re- 

serve Flying  Corps. 

(2)  Upon  the  receipt  of  records  of  the  man  when  first  en- 

rolled. 


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(3)  Upon  appointment  of  an  officer  under  his  command  to 

the  Naval  Reserve  Flying  Corps. 

(4)  Upon  receipt  of  records  of  man  transferred  after  16  or 

20  years'  service. 

(n)  Account  cards  are  sent  to  the  disbursing  officer,  Bureau 
of  Supplies  and  Accounts,  Navy  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Account  cards  may  be  obtained  from  the  supply  officer,  navy 
yard,  Washington,  D.  C. 

(o)  Account  cards  will  be  made  out  in  accordance  with  in- 
structions on  the  back  thereof. 

(p)  Any  change  in  rank  or  rating  or  any  change  that  would 
in  any  way  stop  or  affect  pay  shall  be  reported  at  once  to  the 
disbursing  officer. 

DISCIPLINE. 

(q)  Members  of  the  Naval  Reserve  Flying  Corps  when  on 
active  service  shall  be  subject  to  the  discipline  of  the  Navy. 

RETIREMENTS. 

(r)  Enrolled  members  who  have  completed  20  years  of  serv- 
ice in  the  Naval  Reserve  Force  and  who  shall  have  performed 
the  minimum  amount  of  active  service  required  in  their  class 
for  maintaining  efficiency  for  each  term  enrolled  shall,  upon 
their  application,  be  retired  with  the  rank  or  rating  held  by 
them  at  the  time,  and  shall  receive  in  lieu  of  any  pay  a  cash 
gratuity  equal  to  the  total  amount  of  their  retainer  pay  during 
the  last  term  of  their  enrollment. 

ACTIVE-SERVICE    ASSIGNMENTS. 

(s)  To  order  a  man  to  active  service  upon  his  own  request 
the  following  procedure  shall  be  followed: 

(1)  The   commandant   of   a   naval   district  issues   orders, 

provides  transportation  and  subsistence,  and  for- 
wards enrollment  and  health  records,  with  copy  of 
orders  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  ship  or  sta- 
tion to  which  the  man  is  ordered. 

(2)  The  commanding  officer  enters  on  his  enrollment  rec- 

ord the  date  of  reporting,  the  date  of  detachment, 
and  proficiency  marks.  The  record  is  handled  in 
the  same  manner  as  that  of  a  regular  enlisted  man. 


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(3)  The  commanding  officer  shall,  on  completion  of  the 

active  service  training  period,  as  indicated  by  orders, 
or  as  soon  thereafter  as  practicable,  detach  the  man 
and  procure  for  him  transportation  and  subsistence 
to  his  home  (or  other  place,  provided  this  can  be 
done  at  no  greater  expense)  and  forward  the  en- 
rollment record  and  health  record  to  the  comman- 
dant of  the  naval  district. 

(4)  The  pay  officer  of  ship  or  station  will  pay  members  of 

the  Reserve  Force  on  active  duty  as  are  paid  officers 
and  men  of  the  Navy.  (Active  service  counts  from 
date  of  reporting  to  date  of  detachment.)  Mileage 
of  officers  ordered  to  active  service  shall  be  paid  in 
same  way  as  to  officers  of  the  Navy. 

UNIFORM. 

(t)  Men  in  the  Naval  Reserve  Flying  Corps  shall  keep  on 
hand  such  part  of  the  clothing  outfit  as  may  be  prescribed. 

DISCHARGES. 

(u)  In  time  of  peace  men  shall  be  discharged  upon  their 
own  request  or  by  proper  authority. 

BECORDS. 

(v)  An  enrollment  record  shall  be  kept  in  the  same  manner 
as  enlistment  record  and  the  health  record  used  shall  be  the 
same  as  the  service  health  record,  but  shall  have  written  on 
the  face  "Naval  Reserve  Flying  Corps,"  and  shall  be  kept  in 
the  same  manner  as  the  service  health  record. 

(w)  During  the  period  of  active  service  an  entry  shall  be 
made  in  the  health  record  to  indicate  the  physical  condition 
of  the  reservist.  Upon  completion  of  active  service,  fitness  re- 
ports shall  be  made  out  for  officers ;  enrollment  records  of  men 
shall  be  marked,  and  all  records  shall  be  returned  to  the  com- 
mandant of  the  naval  district. 

TRANSFERS   TO   OTHER    CLASSES    OF   THE   NAVAL   RESERVE  FORCE. 

(a?)  Members  of  the  Naval  Reserve  Force  may,  upon  applica- 
tion, be  transferred  from  one  class  to  another  for  which  they 


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are  qualified,  and  may  in  time  of  war  volunteer  for  and  be  as- 
signed to  duties  prescribed  for  any  class  which  they  may  be 
deemed  by  their  commandant  competent  to  perform. 

(y)  Although  men  of  class  5  (e)  and  class  5  (/)  are  trans- 
ferred in  the  same  manner  as  men  of  the  Fleet  Naval  Reserve, 
the  entire  class  5,  "  Naval  Reserve  Flying  Corps,"  will  be  handled 
by  the  commandants  of  the  naval  districts.  The  records,  etc.,  of 
men  in  class  5  (e)  and  5  (/)  will  be  sent  to  the  commandant 
of  the  naval  district  instead  of  the  commanding  officer  of  the 
recruiting  district. 

L.  C.  PALMER, 

Chief  of  Bureau. 
NAVY  DEPARTMENT,  BUREAU  OF  NAVIGATION, 

Washington,  D.  C.,  November  27,  1916. 

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